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2. Heloniece. 



North America, Japan, and Formosa. 



3. VeratrecB. 



Northern Hemisphere, chiefly North America. 



4. Uvulariecs. 



'2 genera in East Austraha ; 1 (Gloriosa) in Tropical Africa, Mada- 

 gascar, and Asia, and in the coast districts of Cape Colony as far west 

 as Port Alfred ; 1 {Littonia) in Arabia, Tropical Africa, and Natal ; 

 1 {Sandersonia) in Natal ; 1 in Eastern North America ; 1 in Eastern 

 Asia ; 1 in Tropical Africa. 



5. AnguillariecB. 



Burchardia. 1 species in Temperate Australia and Tasmania. 



Androcymhium. 2 species in the Mediterranean Eegion ; about a 

 dozen species (of which 1 occurs in Abyssinia) in South Africa. 



BcBometra. 1 species in South-West Cape Colony. 



Dipidax. 2 species in South-West Cape Colony. 



Wurmhea. 7 species : 1 in South-West Cape Colony as far as Port 

 Elizabeth, Somerset East, &c. ; 1 in Griqualand East and Natal ; 

 1 on the island of Fernando Po (at an altitude of 3,000 m.) ; 4 in 

 West Australia. 



Anguillaria. 2 species in West Australia, of which one also in 

 East Australia and Tasmania. 



Iphigenia. 5 species : 1 in the Indian Monsoon Eegion as far as 

 North Australia, 1 only in the East Indies, 1 in New Zealand, 1 in 

 Angola, 1 in Madagascar. 



6. Colchicece. 



Chiefly in the Mediterranean Eegion ; 3 genera. 



II. 7. Herrerioidece. 

 1 genus in South-East Brazil. 

 III. AsphodeloidecB. 



8(a). Asphodelece — AsphodeUnce. 

 4 genera — chiefly in the Mediterranean Eegion and Western Asia. 

 8(b). AsphodelecB — Anthericince. 

 Bulbinella, Kunth. 10 species : 7 in South Africa, mostly in South- 

 West Cape Colony ; 1 in Natal ; 1 in the Transvaal ; 1 in New 

 Zealand ; 1 on the Campbell and Auckland Islands. 



Bulbine, Linn. 27 species : 25 in South Africa, 2 of which extend 

 to the mountains of Equatorial Africa ; 2 in East Australia. 

 Anemarrhena, Bunge. 1 species in Northern China. 

 Anthericum, L. About 60 species, mostly in Africa (55 in South 

 Africa) ; a few in Europe, several in North and South America. 



Chlorophytum, Ker. About 50 species in the Tropics of both 

 hemispheres, of which 11 are in South Africa (mostly Eastern). 



